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T. H. GREEN.

Grain Distributon.

N0. 29, 881. Patented Sept; 4, 1860.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

T. H. GREEN, OF FOND DU LAO, WVISGONSIN.

GRAIN-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,881, dated September 4., 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. H. GREEN, of Fond du Lac, in the county of Fonddu Lac and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and usefulGrain-Distributing Attachment for Elevators; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of myinvention applied to a set of elevators. Fig. 2, a plan or top View ofthe same. Fig. 3, a detached perspective View of a hopper pertaining tothe same. Fig. 4 a detached perspective view of a spout, pertaining tothe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a framing in which an ordinary set of grain elevators B,are placed, C, being the head of the case or box a, of the elevators.

D, is the flooring of a store house or mill in which the elevators areplaced.

To the lower end of the head 0, of the case a, of the elevators, there ahopper E, permanently attached. This hopper may be constructed of sheetmetal, and of inverted conical form.

F, is a vertical shaft, which is fitted in suitable bearings Z), and hasan inclined spout Gr, attached to its upper end. The upper orifice ofthe spout G, is fitted snugly to the lower part of the hopper E, but thespout is allowed to turn freely with the shaft F.

The shaft F, extends down to the lower part of the storehouse or milland has an index arm or lever H, attached to its lower end. This arm orlever H, has a certain degree of elasticity, and it is directlyunderneath a circular plate I, which is attached to the under side ofthe flooring D.

The plate I, is provided at its edge with a pendent ledge or fianch 0,which is notched or recessed at certain points corresponding with theposition of a series of bins J in the storehouse or mill. This will befully understood by referring to Fig. 2, in which the position of thebins is shown and numbered as also are the notches in the ledge orfianch 0, of the plate I, the latter being shown by dotted lines.

The construction or formation of the spout G, is shown clearly in Fig.4-. The length of the spout G is such that by turning it around, itsdischarge end will project over any of the bins J, and if the positionof the latter is such that this result can not be obtained, stationaryspouts K, may be attached to the bins J, when required, the spouts K,having such a position, that the lower end of spout G, may be made tocommunicate with them.

From the above description it will be seen that an attendant below, orin the lower part of the building may adjust the spout G, so that thegrain carried up by the elevators B, may be discharged in any of aseries of bins J; the index H, serving as a means for turning the shaftF, and spout G, and the notches .in the ledge or fianch 0, serving toindicate the position of the several bins, as well as to receive theindex H, and retain it, and consequently the spout G, in any of thepositions required.

The elevators B, are an old and well known device, and I therefore donot claim them separately, but

I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Theemployment of the horizontally revolving distributing spout G, incombination with the bins J, when the axis of rotation of said spout isarranged beneath the discharging mouth of the elevator so that the grainmay be conducted to any of the bins that are within the radius of thecircle described by the outer end of the spout G, all as herein shownand described.

2. The combination of the revolving spout G, shaft F, and index lever H,with the elevating device B, substantially as shown and described.

T. H. GREEN. Witnesses:

T. K. GILLETT, J. W. VALENTINE.

